User:Emperor/Tools

A collection of useful templates, bits and bobs of code and other stuff I find useful.

See also: User:Emperor/News trawl, with links to sales figures.

See also: User:AlexNewArtBot/ComicsSearchResult, which monitors for new comics articles

Templates

• {{gcdb}}, {{gcdb series}} and {{gcdb publisher}} - ones I made

• {{comicbookdb}} - another one I made

• {{birth date and age}} - e.g. {{birth date and age|1960|01|31}}

• {{birth date}} and {{death date and age}} - for those that have died, as in this example I added to Georges Méliès: {{birth date|1861|12|8}} and {{death date and age|1938|1|21|1861|12|8}}

• {{cite web}} - e.g. {{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |accessdate=2024-11-06 |work=Comic Book Urban Legends |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date=2024-11-06 }}

• {{cite comic}}

• {{comics-infobox-image-issue}} - for tagging infobox image problems

• {{comics-stub}} - more specific ones are listed

• {{descript-cvr}} - for comics covers, for example Thing (comics)

• {{Comics story arc redi}} - for redirects e.g. {{Comics story arc redi|Wolverine|2008|Old Man Logan}}

Infoboxes

The common ones I use mostly:

• {{Infobox comic book title}}
• {{Infobox comics story arc}}
• {{Infobox comics creator}}
• {{Infobox comics character}}
• {{Infobox comics location}}
• {{Infobox Graphic novel}}
• {{Infobox comics meta series}}
• {{Infobox comics creator biblio}}
• {{Infobox comics genre}}

Redirect reasons

I am trying to add reasons for redirects, the full list is at: WP:REDIRECT#reasons

• {{R comics with possibilities}} - for anything that could be an article

• {{R comics naming convention}} - handy for making sure the naming is right and some links to SIA pages

• {{R comics to section}} variant of {{R to section}} - so you can set up an article and point it to the right section in a page and it allows for easy updating, for example Brute (Reed Richards)

• {{R from member}} - handy if members of a team aren't notable themselves

• {{R from other capitalisation}} - always useful

• {{R comics from alternative name}} variant of {{R from alternative name}} - useful for picking up alter egos

• {{R from alternate character}} - for redirect to "alternate versions" sections or articles

• {{R comics from related word}}

• {{R comics from merge}}

• {{R comics to list entry}}

• {{R from alternative spelling}}

• {{R from title without diacritics}} - if accents are used in the title

• {{R to disambiguation page}} - handy for WP:SETINDEX when you need to link to a disambiguation page that occupies the top slot

Ready rolled templates

I often drop them in and do a quick re-edit as it saves time.

Talk header

For a comic creator (just use the comicsproj one otherwise):

{{WPBiography
|living=yes
|class=start
|needs-photo=yes
|needs-infobox=yes
|needs-persondata=yes
|a&e-work-group=yes
|a&e-priority=low
|listas=Surname, name
}}
{{Comicsproj
|class=start
<!-- B-Class checklist -->
<!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. -->
|B-Class-1=
<!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. -->
|B-Class-2=
<!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. -->
|B-Class-3=
<!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. -->
|B-Class-4=
<!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. -->
|B-Class-5=
|importance=low
|image=yes
|infobox=yes
|Creators-work-group=yes
|British-work-group=yes
}}

Links

Person:

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Sean+Phillips|title=Sean Phillips}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=933|title=Sean Phillips}}
{{Refend}}

Title:

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{gcdb series|id=1|title=''Thanos''}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=title|id=933|title=''Thanos''}}
{{Refend}}

For a team (you get a lot more options with Marvel):

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{marvunapp|http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/kopendragon.htm|Knights of Pendragon}}
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/p/pendrag.htm Knights of Pendragon] at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
*[http://www.marveldirectory.com/groupsandteams/knightsofpendragon.htm Knights of Pendragon] at the Marvel Directory
*{{comicbookdb|type=team|id=136|title=Knights of Pendragon}}
*{{gcdb series|id=4030|title=''Knights of Pendragon'' (1990)}}
*[http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/SHOW.HTM?SerNr=109 ''Knights of Pendragon'' (1990)] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
{{Refend}}